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we have the toughest gun laws in the city. it did not do much to cut down on the violence. it took a lot of police to do it. >> go on the internet. google gun-control and see what you come up with. statements from the founding fathers about our guns. toward washington. -- george washington. try to stop gun sales in this country, you will run into a series of roadblocks. >> austria h a ms kling inhe mid-1990s and they passed a severe loss where all existing guns had to be turned in. the government bought them back. after a certain date if they were in your home, you were arrested. they have had a decrease in crime and suicide, which is an interesting development. it seems to me, you either have to go that route, which you cannot in the u.s. -- gun ownership in australia was 5% of households. gallup has shown is 47% here. we he the second amendment and the history back to washington. given that we are a different culture, the kinds of laws that we pass are almost always an effective as a result, because there are 300 million weapons out there today. unless you recall them the
we have the toughest gun laws in the city. it did not do much to cut down on the violence. it took a lot of police to do it. >> go on the internet. google gun-control and see what you come up with. statements from the founding fathers about our guns. toward washington. -- george washington. try to stop gun sales in this country, you will run into a series of roadblocks. >> austria h a ms kling inhe mid-1990s and they passed a severe loss where all existing guns had to be turned in....
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fortressed behind a 40-foot-high wall that stretches a mile long is a highly secure city known as indiana state prison. originally built to hold prisoners during the civil war, isp has a history of housing some of the state's most serious criminals. nearly 2,000 maximum security inmates spend their days behind these century old walls. >> the number one charge at this facility is murder. approximately 70% of the offenders housed here are housed here for taking the life of another human being. >> while the majority of prisoners have committed violent crimes, the prison has worked hard to create a safe environment for both staff and inmates. one improvement was the administrative segregation unit. >> back in the early '90s we had problems throughout the whole institution where we had violence every place. we had assaults, fights, stabbings, all the different stuff that goes along with that. and what we did, we came up with administrative segregation unit and isolated the ones doing it. and after we did that, we pretty much stopped the assaults and everything else. we still have assaults over
fortressed behind a 40-foot-high wall that stretches a mile long is a highly secure city known as indiana state prison. originally built to hold prisoners during the civil war, isp has a history of housing some of the state's most serious criminals. nearly 2,000 maximum security inmates spend their days behind these century old walls. >> the number one charge at this facility is murder. approximately 70% of the offenders housed here are housed here for taking the life of another human...
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how has your life been since this extraordinary summer you had in my home city? >> it's been a whirlwind but i'll having so much fun and i've gotten amazing opportunities and met amazing people. so just enjoying it. >> what has been the best moment? >> i would say going to the white house and meeting the president. >> what are these first words to you? >> well, we had talked to him prior when we won team finals and he said he was proud of me. and he was just proud and we were in the white house, we all were standing, like, really like serious and he walked in he was like you know what, don't do that. oh, okay. he's a really cool guy. . >> you had an amazing achievement. you were the first african-american ever to win this all-around gymnastics gold. quite a moment for you, for america, for your family, for everyone. and for the president. he was the first african-american president. did he say anything to you about that part of this? a you also achieved this extraordinary mile snoen. >> yeah. he just told me that he was so proud of me and hard work pays off. it w
how has your life been since this extraordinary summer you had in my home city? >> it's been a whirlwind but i'll having so much fun and i've gotten amazing opportunities and met amazing people. so just enjoying it. >> what has been the best moment? >> i would say going to the white house and meeting the president. >> what are these first words to you? >> well, we had talked to him prior when we won team finals and he said he was proud of me. and he was just proud...
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. >> rajiv chandrasekaran, imperial live in the emerald city was about baghdad. "little america" is about afghanistan. >> and now on c-span2 we bring you booktv. on this holiday weekend, we've extended our booktv programming until wednesday, december 26th, at 8 a.m. eastern. and here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. today at 2 p.m. eastern in light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, booktv highlights a few programs about economics. michael j. sandell, george w. bush, steve forbes all weigh in. and then at 9 p.m. craig whitney sits down with the former president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence to discuss his book "living with guns: a liberal's case for the second amendment." watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >>
. >> rajiv chandrasekaran, imperial live in the emerald city was about baghdad. "little america" is about afghanistan. >> and now on c-span2 we bring you booktv. on this holiday weekend, we've extended our booktv programming until wednesday, december 26th, at 8 a.m. eastern. and here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. today at 2 p.m. eastern in light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, booktv highlights a few programs about economics....
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, i have no power to stop them coming into my city as rahm does in chicago. they're coming from places that have free secondary markets where criminals and gun runners buy them so easily and pump them into communities like mine and easy for a person like a criminal to get his hands on a gun. no person -- the nra included, no person could justify a system in america where somebody like the mumbai terrorists who didn't use a bomb but automatic and semiautomatic weapons that you could so easily get in this country -- >> that's why law enforcement -- [ all talking at once ] >> wait a minute. >> we're finding these weapons on our street. one more, my police director, 25-year professional has not seen as many semiautomatic weapons and they're not coming from law-abiding citizens. >> so clear -- >> the gang bangers, who is using them? who is killing them. >> criminals are killing people. >> that will have to be the last word today. this has been a terrific debate. obviously it will continue. thanks to everyone on the roundtable. have a good holiday. when we come bac
, i have no power to stop them coming into my city as rahm does in chicago. they're coming from places that have free secondary markets where criminals and gun runners buy them so easily and pump them into communities like mine and easy for a person like a criminal to get his hands on a gun. no person -- the nra included, no person could justify a system in america where somebody like the mumbai terrorists who didn't use a bomb but automatic and semiautomatic weapons that you could so easily...
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all the shootings in my city, only one was done by a law-abiding citizen who bought a gun. buy the guns you want. but the problem is in america right now is that a terrorist person who is on the no-fly list could go into the secondary market today and buy a weapon. we need to shut down these secondary markets and when you poll nra members, you poll nra members, 74% agree that nobody in america should be able to buy a gun without doing a background debate. let's stop the false debate. >> cory is right. this is a false -- >> shut down -- >> part of what happens, this is so many things in washington, it's built on myths. and it's not reality, and the nra and the leadership of the nra is built on myth. i would not have guessed that anybody who had diminished credibility could get up and diminish their credibility more than what wayne lapierre did friday. average folks, like cory said, average folks know you have to do something about this and know how comprehensive. i live in texas. i own five guns, and all the folks i associate with, when you go out hunting, you take your guns
all the shootings in my city, only one was done by a law-abiding citizen who bought a gun. buy the guns you want. but the problem is in america right now is that a terrorist person who is on the no-fly list could go into the secondary market today and buy a weapon. we need to shut down these secondary markets and when you poll nra members, you poll nra members, 74% agree that nobody in america should be able to buy a gun without doing a background debate. let's stop the false debate. >>...
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berlin, the former german capital, over 100 miles inside time in his east germany but was still a free city protected by the western powers. in november 1958, khrushchev delivered an ultimatum. the west had to be out of berlin and six months, or else. this is a crisis, the greatest crisis of the cold war up to that point. the press, congress and much of the eisenhower administration this men were. we need to show resolve, it was said, to beef up our troop strength and get ready to divide the red army. meeting privately with his advisers and congressional leaders, president eisenhower said we aren't going to do that. indeed he said we're cutting our forces in germany by 50,000. is advisors and accounting were bewildered. cut our troop strength? won't that show went to this -- won't that show weakness? i was all alone. he was heavily criticized in the press. but he is seen utterly unfazed. i've now had a great capacity to take responsibility. the amazing that famous photograph taken of ike on the eve of d-day, june 1944, general eisenhower as a supreme allied commander wearing his uniform and
berlin, the former german capital, over 100 miles inside time in his east germany but was still a free city protected by the western powers. in november 1958, khrushchev delivered an ultimatum. the west had to be out of berlin and six months, or else. this is a crisis, the greatest crisis of the cold war up to that point. the press, congress and much of the eisenhower administration this men were. we need to show resolve, it was said, to beef up our troop strength and get ready to divide the...
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mayor bloomberg, new york city, if you're rich and your famous, you get your permit, if you're a .300 hitter with the mets ush get a permit, a big developer, you get a permit, wall street executive, you get a permit, the mayor's buddy, you get your permit. if you're a guy in the bronx, most in need of protection, you're flat out of luck. we're about the average guy, the noncelebrity, the non .300 hitter. the average guy in the country values his freedom, doesn't believe he can own a gun as part of the problem and doesn't like the media and high-profile politicians blaming him -- >> do you have the same clout you've always had politically if. >> our support is always the americans people, decade in and out. the strength of the nra is the american public and i believe they are on our side to defend freedom. >> bottom line, if there is an approach after newtown that includes mental health, that includes gratuitous violence in our media, in our gaming industry and includes gun regulations, will you support it or oppose it? >> we are going to support what works, putting an armed guard in e
mayor bloomberg, new york city, if you're rich and your famous, you get your permit, if you're a .300 hitter with the mets ush get a permit, a big developer, you get a permit, wall street executive, you get a permit, the mayor's buddy, you get your permit. if you're a guy in the bronx, most in need of protection, you're flat out of luck. we're about the average guy, the noncelebrity, the non .300 hitter. the average guy in the country values his freedom, doesn't believe he can own a gun as part...
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it's a one-stop shop located on the first floor in city hall. help folks get all the information they need to go to college. >> is this an independent organization that people can donate to? >> philly goes to college is in that office. we have fund for philadelphia for people to make donations and designate i.'s a great, great office with a bunch of folks in there. >> very cool. is that something you started? >> yes. >> all right. >>> my family is involved with the ymca movement for early childhood development. my wife is involved to help people have a better lifestyle. they are working with the jewish community center. the ymca movement is deserving. >> the ymca as well. i would say to people this, if you are watching this right now and people are hurting out there and the recession has hammered people, i understand it's the christmas season and the holiday season and you are trying to buy presents. think about the credit card bill in january. but, if you do have a little bit there, if there's another 10 or 20 or $100, if you are watching this
it's a one-stop shop located on the first floor in city hall. help folks get all the information they need to go to college. >> is this an independent organization that people can donate to? >> philly goes to college is in that office. we have fund for philadelphia for people to make donations and designate i.'s a great, great office with a bunch of folks in there. >> very cool. is that something you started? >> yes. >> all right. >>> my family is involved...